Lets you create a collar NURBS surface along any boundary of a mesh, or curve on mesh.
Mesh Collar Control
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Specifies the width (in current linear units) of the collar surface.
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Specifies the number of spans for each segment you defined by clicking extra points on the boundary. The number of segments
is equal to the number of points minus 1.
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If checked, the tool builds a periodic (closed) collar surface.
Control Options
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If checked, and locators appear at the points of smallest and largest deviation between the collar and the mesh.
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If checked, a color deviation map displays the deviation between the collar and the mesh. A deviation scale (ramp) also appears.
This shows you what areas of the mesh have been affected, and by how much.
Deviation Map Settings
These options only appear if is checked on.
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If this option is checked (default), the color scale updates automatically based on a range between zero and the maximum deviation
from the last operation.
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Maximum distance between the mesh and the collar surface shown on the color ramp. Areas on the mesh where the deviation is
larger than this value are displayed in a solid color (red or purple). The default is 10.0.
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Upper limit for the acceptable deviation between the mesh and the collar surface. Regions of the mesh where the deviation
is smaller than this value are colored in green. The default is 1.0.
Where the value of the deviation is between the and the , the mesh displays intermediate colors as shown on the ramp.
Note
The must be kept larger than the .
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Turn on this option if you are not concerned with the direction of the deviation and simply want to view absolute deviation
values.
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Turn on this option if you want the ramp to display solid bands of color instead of slowly varying colors.
History
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Turn this option on to save the collar’s construction history for later editing.
You can use Object Edit > Query Edit or the window and select the collar to re-enter the tool and modify the option values and input points. However, changing the geometry
of the mesh boundary or curve-on-mesh used to build the collar will destroy the collar history.